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    How to Stop W7 from Lowering Program Volume

    So Windows 7 likes to lower the volume of some programs when used in conjunction with a voice chat program, such as: TeamSpeak or Ventrillo.

    There is an easy fix for this.

    1. Navigate to your Control Panel. Do this by accessing it through your start menu, or type "control" minus the quotes into your start menu search box. Open the control panel.

    2. Click on "Hardware and Sound"

    3. Now click on "Sound". A new menu titled "Sound" will appear with four tabs called: Playback, Recording, Sounds, Communication. Click on the tab titled "Communications"

    4. You should now see, in that menu, a list of 4 "bubble" options. The last one, titled "Do nothing", is what you want to click. Click the bubble next to "Do nothing"

    5. IMPORTANT: Now click, at the bottom right of that window, "Apply". Now click, "Ok".

    6. Close that menu, and close your control panel! All done!



    TL;DR - Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Sound > Communications > Do Nothing

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    so i do nothing and then sound does nothing?

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    "Do Nothing" is a button in the communications tab. You need to click the bubble next to it.

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    I followed this guide to make sure Windows 7 wouldn't do this again to my minecraft client.

    However, after following the guide, I had noticed it was already set to "do nothing." So technically, it lowered the volume while already set to "do nothing."

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    Thanks bro!

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    Thanks, been driving me nuts everytime I play a source game >_<

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    No problem guys/gals!

    Blacknumbers: I don't know, maybe it wasn't TS, and just another freak W7 occurrence. Is everything running okay now?

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    Quote Originally Posted by gjknutsen View Post
    No problem guys/gals!

    Blacknumbers: I don't know, maybe it wasn't TS, and just another freak W7 occurrence. Is everything running okay now?
    Yeah, everything is running fine!

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    Quote Originally Posted by blacknumbers View Post
    Yeah, everything is running fine!
    Awesome.

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    This was addressed in another thread a while back.

    Steam keeps on changing my volume

    and spiffy made a nice picture for the slower amongst us.



    isn't he a doll?

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